2017 – Tabletop Gaming in Review – Critical Twits Podcast #92
We review 2017 in tabletop gaming – board games, roleplay games, Malifaux and Netrunner. 2017 was a terrible year so find out which old classics we returned to like so much hot, hot soup.
We review 2017 in tabletop gaming – board games, roleplay games, Malifaux and Netrunner. 2017 was a terrible year so find out which old classics we returned to like so much hot, hot soup.
We’re back at the Dragonmeet 2017 gaming convention in London for another year, where we were invited to join the #podcastzone. We decided to interview the other podcasts to find out why you should listen to them! Join us as…
A spooky indie video game Halloween special this week. Aaron and Brian discuss their experiences with; The Deed, a Cluedo (or Clue) -esque adventure about fratricide; Gloom, an artistic Lovecraftian/Cthulhu-based action adventure; and Morph Girl, an FMV game with a…
Brian plays indie roguelike Gloom, a shadowy Lovecraftian take on the genre with a hint of the Souls-like. Brian’s short story The Hanging Tree is no longer free, but you can grab it cheap here:
This week Brian and Aaron review cyberpunk RPG, The Sprawl. Hear tales of Neo-London, its corporations and the actual review itself. Enjoy, slick eaters.
We play Alex Kidd: In The Enchanted Castle, a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis classic first released in Japan in 1989.
Beware: SPOILERS ABOUND! This week we try something a little different and discuss a couple of films – Ghost in the Shell (1995) and Ghost in the Shell (2017). We talk cyberpunk, hard versus soft science fiction, transcendentalism, whitewashing, and…
So, what is Terminal Directive, and how does it work? This week we discuss, spoiler free, the new FFG legacy card game, Terminal Directive. Our Netrunner noob, Aaron, poses the rest of the group questions about how the game functions…
Henchman Hardcore is a system for 20 soulstone, henchman-led micro-games of Malifaux. They look perfect for beginners, newbies, and old hands wishing to spice up their game nights with a fresh challenge, as well as those looking for a way…
This week we look at the Pandemic Epidemic – the modern classic board game of disease control now has three expansions and five spin-offs. We take a close look at Pandemic itself, On the Brink, In the Lab, The Cure,…